Barn Formerly Chapel 20 Metres East of Manor House · Photo: Michael FORD · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Rockbourne is over 57.3, older than 98% of UK towns
Set against 21% across England’s towns, just over two thirds of households live in a detached house in Rockbourne. For Rockbourne, the census puts households in terraced houses at 5.8%. The village has fewer households with dependent children than 99% of UK towns, at 16%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 39%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 12% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 4.3%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 84% of UK towns: 4%
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 10% in Rockbourne and 11% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 97% of UK towns: 2 people on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Hampshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
One-person households: 26%, below 77% of UK towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 2.9%.
Only 2.9% of households in Rockbourne have no car or van
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. For households without a car or van, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 87% of UK towns, at 15%
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
With residents whose main language is English at 99%, Rockbourne is ahead of 73% of UK towns on that count. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.9%) and in Africa (4.2%).
98% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 99% of UK towns
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 98% of Rockbourne · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 28% of residents said they have no religion here. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 64% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
15% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 99% of UK towns
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 1. To put it in context, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 63% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns. Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Rockbourne comes in at 7.5%.
42% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 42% of adults in Rockbourne, 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification, against 18%.
The towns around Rockbourne are all younger
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockbourne | 142 | — | 57.3 | 39% | 16% |
| Sandleheath | 1,546 | 2.6 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 26% |
| Fordingbridge | 4,947 | 3 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 23% |
| Alderholt | 2,868 | 3.5 mi | 50.4 | 25% | 27% |
| Downton | 2,952 | 4.5 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Redlynch and Woodfalls | 2,446 | 5.4 mi | 53.4 | 31% | 24% |
| Verwood | 13,706 | 6.2 mi | 49 | 28% | 26% |
| Whaddon | 2,283 | 7.2 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Hampshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Hampshire (or England), summed the same way as Rockbourne’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Rockbourne’s residents
What is the population of Rockbourne?
The 2021 Census counted 142 people in Rockbourne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rockbourne?
The median age was 57.3 at the 2021 Census. 4.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rockbourne?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 15% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rockbourne?
28% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 1.4% didn’t answer.
Is Rockbourne good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rockbourne’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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